Understanding the Psychosis Continuum

Symptoms of eating disorders lead to psychosis, and vice versa. ED patients may suffer from starvation, electrolyte, and metabolic imbalance, conditions that can provoke transient psychotic symptoms. Psychotic disorders and eating disorders sometimes occur in the same person, and sometimes, but not always, at the same time………….Join Krystal Wright, LCSW at VFED in March to gain skills in the identification, relationship, and treatment of these co-ocurring conditions Less...

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Learning Objectives

define Psychosis, Schizophrenia
ID symptoms/interactions/countertransference in the room that indicate need for referral to psychiatry for medication eval
list tools for screening and tx, including the Prodromal Questionnaire (PQ-B), The Yale–Brown Obsessive–Compulsive Scale (Y–BOCS), ACE’s and GAF scoring, and DBT
differentiate eating disorder treatment needs involving medications that have a known effect on weight- from treatment that is less complicated

Target Audience

Greater Los Angeles area therapists, dietitians, psychiatrists, physicians, and allied professionals that are involved in or would like to be involved in the treatment of eating disorders.

Learning Levels

All levels

Friday, March 20, 2026

Encino
16055 Ventura Blvd Room 509, Encino, CA, 91436

11:00 AM PDT - 12:30 PM PDT

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EARN 1 CE Credit Hours

About the speaker

Krystyl Wright, LCSW

VP of Operations, Marketing, and Community Outreach

Ms. Wright (she, her, hers) is a passionate Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a strong commitment to clinical outreach and community development. With a solid academic foundation, having earned her master’s of social work from the University of Southern California, she has trained at community organizations and been responsible for large caseloads in the public and private spheres. Ms. Wright brings to us a unique breadth and depth of experience, working with community organizations and schools, as well as a member of clinical teams at private treatment centers. She oversees CYHBI grant implementation progress and executes on our mission to raise awareness about early psychosis symptoms, reduce stigma, and ensure access to care for individuals from diverse backgrounds. Ms. Wright’s social work has always been founded on evidence-based practices, and she pursues collaborations to develop broad-based client outcome data after early psychosis intervention in the California OnTrack programs.

Agenda

11:00 - 12:00 pm Introductions (No CEU): Say hello, meet fellow providers, and get brief updates on local treatment center availability.

12:00 - 12:30 pm Presentation (1 CEU): Hear from our speaker. We welcome questions and discussion at our Table Talks as time allows.

CE Information - Earn 1 CE Credit Hour

CE Approvals

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists

Valley Federation of Eating Disorder Professionals (VFED, Provider #133509) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and LCSWs. VFED maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

VFED
16055 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 920
Encino, CA 91436

CE Process Info

This course meets the qualifications for 1 hour of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. For RDs: VFED's Table Talks qualify as activities in your Learning Plan as Live Lectures or Interactive Workshops providing various Competencies within in different Spheres.

Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by their licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend "live" (in real-time) to earn CE's.

A continuing education certificate for the event will be obtained using the website, CE-Go. Before the event, you will receive an email containing a link to CE-Go. (This link will be sent to the email account you used to register for the event).

Upon accessing the CE-Go website, you will be able to:

Complete evaluation forms for the event
Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format

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